Why hundreds of Frito-Lay workers have been striking
Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal
Ron Sadler
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN
Workers at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, say it used to be one of the best jobs in town a place of shared meals, group outings and community.
In recent years, though, employees and union members say the facility where Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos are made has become another toxic work environment.
Hundreds of Frito-Lay workers at the Topeka facility are in week three of a strike over what union leaders describe as long hours, forced overtime, stagnating wages and a diminished quality of life. It’s the first strike at the plant in its decades of operation.
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